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- Actor
- Stunts
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Actor and stuntman Robert Tessier was born of Algonquian Indian descent on June 2, 1934 in Lowell, Massachusetts. He specialized in tough, menacing villains throughout American cinema of the 1970s and 1980s. Tessier had served time in the United States Armed Forces seeing action in Korea as a paratrooper and earning both a Silver Star and a Purple Heart, and in addition was an accomplished motorcycle rider and circus stunt performer.
His movie breakthrough came at age 33, in the low budget Tom Laughlin biker movie The Born Losers (1967). With his menacing looks, Tessier was never short of on screen work, often turning up in several movies a year playing gang leaders, bikers and other murderous thugs. He appeared alongside 'Burt Reynolds' on three occasions in The Longest Yard (1974), Hooper (1978) and The Cannonball Run (1981). Alternately, he was equally busy on television appearing in popular series including Starsky and Hutch (1975), Magnum, P.I. (1980), The Fall Guy (1981) and The A-Team (1983). Undoubtedly, Tessier's most well remembered role was that of grinning, head-butting street fighter Jim Henry in the Charles Bronson film Hard Times (1975).
Tessier formed "Stunts Unlimited" with fellow noted stunt performers Hal Needham, Glenn R. Wilder and Ronnie Rondell Jr.. Robert Tessier passed away aged 56 from cancer on October 11, 1990.- Kunitarô Kawarazaki was born on 14 October 1909 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Sengoku gunto-den - Dai ichibu: Toraokami (1937), The 47 Ronin (1941) and Machi no irezumi mono (1935). He died on 11 October 1990.
- Anatole Broyard was born on 16 July 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was married to Alexandra Nelson. He died on 11 October 1990 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
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Sam Rosen was born on 29 October 1908 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Sam was a cinematographer and editor, known for The Unfortunate Bride (1932), The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959) and Eternal Fools (1930). Sam died on 11 October 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Daphne Lennard was born on 26 December 1910 in Stepney, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Morita (1931). She was married to Ivan Greenberg (journalist). She died on 11 October 1990 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Mauri Raus was born on 27 January 1942 in Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for On byl ne odin (1970) and Tuulevaikus (1971). He died on 11 October 1990 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR.